The Sutton Trust today welcomed the recommendations of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission on narrowing the attainment gap and improving access to university and the professions. Dr Lee…
Are boys the losers with tuition fees?
Conor Ryan considers the lessons from this week’s report by the Independent Commission on Fees. Students are well into the first year of higher tuition fees. While 54,000 fewer young…
Lotteries used to break middle-class hold on school places
…often being turned away from a nearby school in favour of one several miles away. … This week, a report from the Sutton Trust will show the full extent to…
Top teachers needed to help poor white pupils
…in struggling schools to tackle underachievement by poor, white, working-class children, a committee of MPs has recommended. A report by the Commons education committee said that white British children from…
Independent school education found to boost grades and earnings
…which has traced nearly 300 students from their schools into the workplace over 23 years. The research from the Institute of Education, University of London, sponsored by the Sutton Trust,…
Thousands of state school pupils shun top degree
…comprehensive schools; 1,277 from FE colleges; 693 from Sixth Form colleges; and 315 from selective state schools 3. These are 13 highly selective universities which came top of an average…